posterior end mark 3 (pem-3), an ascidian maternally expressed gene with localized mRNA encodes a protein with Caenorhabditis elegans MEX-3-like KH domains

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-350

  Satou, Yutaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; KH domain; Localized maternal mRNA; Pem 3; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SPECIFICITY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA SAVIGNYI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033566588     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9336     Document Type: Article

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